Trudy Fisher

Trudy Fisher was appointed Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality by Governor Haley Barbour and began serving in January 2007.  Prior to her appointment, she was a partner with the Jackson-based Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes law firm.  She chaired their Regulatory Department and co-chaired the firm’s Environmental Practice Group.  She previously served as MDEQ’s General Counsel.

Fisher has been repeatedly recognized by her peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America and the Mississippi Business Journal selected her as one of Mississippi’s 50 Leading Business Women, in recognition of the environmental legal services she has provided. She is Past President of the Mississippi Bar Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, and Past President of the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi and is active in other civic and charitable endeavors.

Fisher earned a bachelor of science degree from the Mississippi University for Women in 1982 and her juris doctor degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1985, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Mississippi Law Journal.